Vista Paint 7301 translated into the Valspar line
The closest Valspar paint to Vista Paint Blue Moon Bay (7301) is Midnight Shadow 4004-4C, a delta-E of 1.43 away — close enough to swap without anyone noticing, though a large sample in daylight will show the difference.
Light reflectance is effectively identical, 8.0 against 7.9. Undertone reads as blue undertone against blue undertone, at chroma 12.2 and 12.7.
Codes are not transferable between manufacturers and no brand publishes a conversion table, so every figure here is measured from the published hex values rather than taken from a chart.
| Valspar color | ΔE | LRV | Undertone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midnight Shadow4004-4C | 1.43 | 7.9 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Motor City Blue4005-4C | 1.53 | 8.0 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Mountain River4005-6C | 2.48 | 8.9 | blue | Compare |
| Dark Night4003-4C | 4.02 | 10.1 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Rogue Blue5009-2 | 5.38 | 7.2 | blue undertone | Compare |
| Deep Twilight Blue4007-6C | 5.61 | 8.0 | blue | Compare |